A man prays in Westminster Cathedral on March 22, the first Sunday without public Mass in the UK. Credit: Mazur/cbcew.org.uk The bishops of England and …
Pope Francis to offer Mass at tomb of John Paul II on saint’s 100th birthday
Pope Francis prays before the tombs of his predecessors in the grotto of St. Peter’s Basilica, Nov. 2, 2015. Credit: L’Osservatore Romano. On the 100th …
Vatican backs worldwide interfaith day of prayer and fasting
Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, MCCJ, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA On May 14, people of all religious affiliations …
Vatican official was director in London property broker’s company
Police officer on duty at St Peter’s square in Vatican City. Credit: Maciej Matlak/Shutterstock As the Vatican’s Secretariat of State finalised its purchase of a …
Pope Francis says pandemic shows need for more nurses
The coronavirus crisis has shown that governments need to invest more in health care and employ more nurses, Pope Francis said Tuesday. In a message …
Pope Francis: God’s peace gives hope, not ‘anesthesia’ against hard times
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta May 12, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. The world offers peace like it is something to …
‘We’ve never known anything like this’ – Helping people mourn during coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has upended social life, politics and the economy. It may also transform the nature of grieving, an expert on the mourning process …
Vatican Museums to reopen with temperature checks, mandatory face masks
A view of the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The Vatican Museums are preparing to reopen by reservation only with new health measures to …
Pope Francis prays for the unemployed after coronavirus layoffs
Pope Francis offers Mass in Casa Santa Marta on May 11, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media/CNA. Pope Francis began his morning Mass today by praying for …
Pope Francis: ‘The Church advances through prayer’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 10, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Church leaders must put prayer before all …
Vigano accuses Cardinal Sarah of causing him ‘harm’ in row over coronavirus letter
Archbishop Carlo Vigano. Credit: Edward Pentin/National Catholic Register Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has accused a Vatican cardinal of causing him “serious harm” in a bitter …
Pope Francis: the devil seeks to destroy the Church through envy
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 9, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. The devil uses envy to try to …
Catholic teen seeks to inspire neighbourhood with Marian sidewalk art
Photo courtesy of the Diocese of Fargo. A young Catholic artist has drawn an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary on her parents’ driveway bringing …
‘Dial-a-Mass’ service is a godsend for Catholics without internet
Bishop Terence Drainey of Middlesbrough. Credit: catholicrelics.co.uk A new “dial-a-Mass” service enabling Catholics with no internet connection to listen to Sunday Masses is proving a …
St. John Paul II’s parents’ sainthood cause has officially opened
St. John Paul II’s father, Karol Wojtyła, and mother, Emilia, with their eldest son, Edmund. Credit: Archidiecezja Krakowska. The sainthood causes of St. John Paul …
Pope Francis: ‘Allow yourself to be consoled by Jesus’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 8, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. We must learn to let ourselves be …
Pope Francis: ‘Pass down the history of our salvation’
Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta May 7, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. It is important for Catholics to remember …
Italian teen who died in 2009 declared ‘venerable’ by Pope Francis
Matteo Farina (1990-2009). Credit: Matteofarina.com Pope Francis Wednesday advanced the sainthood causes of five men and women, including an Italian teenager who died of a …
Pope Francis: ‘Jesus saves us from the darkness’
Pope Francis celebrates morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta May 6, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said yesterday that Christ’s light illuminates the …
Swiss Guards postpone swearing-in of new recruits due to coronavirus
Swiss Guards at the commemoration of the fallen with conferment in the Protomartyrs’ Square in Vatican City, May 6, 2015. Credit: Bohumil Petrik/CNA. The annual …